Picture-frame



S. W. POULTON.

(No Model.)

PICTURE FRAME.

No. 252,898. Patented Jan. 3l, 1882.

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N. PETERS. Photo-Lithography. Washingiun. D. C.

NrrEn STATES ATENT OEEICE,

SILAS IV. POULTON, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

PICTURE-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 252,898, dated January 3l, 1882.

Application tiled May 7, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SILAs W. PoULToN, of the city of Harrisburg', county of Dauphin, and State ot Pennsylvania, have invented Improvements in Picture-Frames; and I do herebydeclare the following to be an exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part ot' this specieation, in which- Figure l represents a front view ot the base A and mat B and panel C, the latter adapted to receive a picture or ornament; Fia'. 2, a side view, showing the edge ofthe base A, the rough-gilded margin ot' the mat B and the projecting, grooved, and tapering edge ofthe panel C. Fig. 3 represents a cross-section of the parts A, B, and C, combined on the line x :r of Fig. l.

The nature of my invention refers to the construction, arrangement, and combination of' a metallic base, A, an ornamented margin with a raised gilded wooden mat, B, inside of the ornamented margin ot' base A, and a tapering grooved edge panel, C, in iront,- all being permanently screwed together' as a solid panel to be painted upon.

The base A is made ot`zinc or sheet metal, the surface ot' which is finished in gold bronze and black tigures in lines of any required design or illustration. The base A is the firm and durable border, and on account ot' its thinness and perfectly-fiat character does not warp or crack, and which,when viewed at a distance, has the appearance oi' being gilded and ornamented upon the wall orplace upon which it is hung or fastened, and relieves thepicture in front, instead of a tinely gilt frame, and is intended as a durablehouse or ear decoration or Work of art, the base A extending over the entire back and ornamentedon its margin in imitation ot' a frame.

B is a thin wooden mat with a circular top (No model.)

and square base, having a roughgilded margin and titting upon the center ofthe metallicbase A, the back of which extends over the center surface ot' the said base A, within the ornamented margin, so as to represent a frame for a center picture in t'ront.

C is the front projecting wooden p.inel,with its circular top and square base corresponding with the center ofthe mat B, and tting upon the mat B inside of the rough-gilded margin ofthe mat B, the panel C extending over the entire surface ot' the base ofthe mat B inside ofthe raised portion. This front projecting' panel, C, has a groove on its outer edge tapering from the front to the rear of the panel, so that the gildedmargins of the base A and mat B can he distinctly seen on all sides, giv ing the requisitereliet' as a conspicuous trame fora paintingin front. This panel U is intended to receive a painting otl any` kind, or for an engraving', photograph, or other picture.

I am aware that an ornauientedsingle wooden panel with a painting in front is not new. This I do not claim; but

that I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patentas new and useful, is

An ornamental panel composed ot' the base A, madeot'sheet metal, gilded and ornamented on the margin in imitation ot'a picture-traine, with the mat B, having a rougl1-gilt raised magin within the ornamental margin ot' the base A and a tapering Iand grooved edge panel, (J, extending over the entire surface of the mat B, within the rough margin ot' the same, constructed, arranged, and combined as herein described, and. t'or the purpose set forth.`

SILAS W. POULTON.

Witnesses:

J. FRANKLIN REIGART, LEVI PoUL'roN. 

